Hardware
Dilli One gets government nod for uplink
MUMBAI: The Ramesh Sharma-promoted Moving Picture Company India Ltd (MPCL) has received approval for uplinking its Delhi centric channel from the ministry of information & broadcasting.
Promoter Ramesh Sharma confirmed the development today, but said, “This would be a wrong time to start a channel and we would like to wait for a `trigger’ to happen in the TV industry, which we feel should come through with Star’s proposed channel.”
The company has finalised Dilli One as the name of the channel, which would target the audience in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The channel would have a mix of Hindi and Punjabi language programming.
MPCL is a boutique company, which produces programmes such as Current Bollywood on Max and Popkorn on Zoom, the glamour and lifestyle TV channel owned by Bennett Coleman group, publishers of Times of India.
Pointing out that the uplinking permission could have come through earlier, Sharma said that the company is now targeting a festive season launch for Dilli One. This means it is unlikely to see the light of the day before the last quarter of 2005.
Dilli One would be positioned as an interactive infotainment channel. “Though we would be having a certain percentage of news & current affairs based programming, it would be wrong to say that the channel would be a news channel,” Sharma added.
MPCL’s studio and post-production facility is based in Noida, on the outskirts of Delhi, from where the digital free to air channel will be uplinked to Thaicom-3.
Sharma said now that the government has given the green light, the task of setting up a team for Dilli One will commence.
At present, Delhi’s NCR is being catered by Total TV, started by a businessman close to Haryana politicians. Another channel in the pipeline is one that would come from the Sahara stable and is going under the project name of D1.
Meanwhile, MPCL is scouting around for a strategic partner to invest in the company, the financial details of which where not forthcoming.
Hardware
Specs Inc. partners with Qualcomm for next-generation smart glasses
Snap subsidiary to power future Specs with Snapdragon XR platforms.
MUMBAI: Snap’s Specs are about to get a serious upgrade and this time, they’re teaming up with Qualcomm to make sure the future looks crystal clear. Specs Inc., a Snap subsidiary, has announced a multi-year strategic agreement with Qualcomm Technologies to power future generations of its advanced smart eyewear with Snapdragon system-on-a-chip (SoC) technology.
This marks the first flagship engagement for Specs Inc., which is preparing to launch its standalone, see-through smart glasses for consumers later this year. The Specs are designed to seamlessly blend digital experiences into the physical world, allowing users to see, hear, and interact with digital content as if it were part of their real surroundings.
By integrating Snapdragon XR platforms, the glasses will benefit from edge AI and high-performance, low-power computing. This combination enables intelligent, context-aware experiences to run directly on the device, delivering faster and more private interactions.
The partnership builds on more than five years of collaboration between Snap and Qualcomm, during which Snapdragon platforms have powered multiple generations of Snap’s Spectacles.
Snap Inc., co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel said, “We believe the future of computing will be more human and grounded in the real world. Our work with Qualcomm provides a strong foundation for the future of Specs, bringing advanced technology and performance that pushes the boundaries of what’s possible.”
Qualcomm Incorporated president and CEO Cristiano Amon added, “The next era of computing will be defined by devices that understand what you see, hear and say, and respond instantly to the world around you. Our collaboration on Specs will enable power-efficient interactive AR devices that feel natural and intuitive.”
The agreement establishes a scalable foundation for developers and partners building experiences for Specs, supporting a predictable product roadmap and increasingly sophisticated digital interactions over time.
In a world racing toward augmented reality, Specs Inc. and Qualcomm are ensuring that the next pair of smart glasses doesn’t just look good on paper, they perform brilliantly in real life. The future of wearable computing just got a powerful new lens.
